h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Oftentimes, especially in America, tea is passed over for it's muddy cousin, coffee. Many people often (incorrectly) assume that "I need my coffee in the morning; tea just isn't caffinated enough to give me that 'pep!' I need to set upon a day of misery in a cloth-covered box!" They are in fact mistaken, as Earl Grey (for one) has been shown to contain more caffine then your average cup o' java.

On a personal note, if I were forced to squeeze into a hellish maze of cubicles every day, I would probably forsake the 'pep' of Earl Grey or coffee for something more herbal, perhaps chamomile. I have found this to be one of the best ways to begin a day of tedium and work, following this down blanket in a cup with an actually down blanket, and shortly thereafter, a nap. And when you get the call, after telling them to zark off, another cup of chamomile will help you return to the sweet lands of dreaming.

I drink green tea myself, as caffiene withdrawal is awful!

I believe most tea has more caffeine than most coffee, but the caffeine in tea tends to stay where it is, in the leaves: it doesn't dissolve (or come into suspension) in the water. Well, some does, but not the majority. So you get more caffeine from coffee, even though there's more in tea.

I think.

Don't quote me on that; it's just off the top of my head and could be wrong.

TRiG.